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Entering his ninth season, one of the great left tackles in sports outside of the quarterback.

Many believe on one of them.

It's the second most valuable position. His name is is Dion Dawkins who is in Los Angeles and in studio

so you are here for some acting is it auditions or roles what are you in town

for I'm here for a little bit of it all you know I'm here learning I'm here

learning and getting better you know acting classes classes you know I'm doing a little I'm here learning and getting better, you know. Acting classes?

Classes, you know, I'm doing a little bit of all of it.

You have to learn all of it.

You know, like, I want to be a student of the film world.

The craft.

Like, the craft, like understanding that there's a writer's room

and understanding that the writer's room is,

honestly, the most important room is honestly the most

important room of the entire bit of cinema like without the writers room nothing comes in the

full play and those guys are the true winners and then you have the actors which are in front of

the screen but the true work is is the gritty gritty of the writers i tell i say this all the time as my wife

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